February is Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, an annual time to celebrate the achievements, ...

In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

But sometimes the crank is Karl Marx, and the book being written is Capital. Upon beginning work on his magnum opus in the ...

Ever since absinthe was outlawed due to rumours it led to insanity, this simple drink has become the nation's go-to apertif.

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BETWEEN the 18th and 20th centuries in Glasgow, the city was home to three military barracks: calvary barracks, infantry barracks and ...

Surprising, bold, and enduring… the history of eroticism in the Arab-Muslim world shines a spotlight on homosexuality and the ...

The first major U.S. exhibition of Germany’s great Romantic painter is a historic showcase. It’s also a blueprint for how to ...

American presidents have libraries to preserve their legacy. The French prefer glass. Francois Mitterrand gave the Louvre its ...

The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey” brings together 50 illustrations that Gorey sent to his friend, Tom Fitzharris, at ...